Caribena laeta is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, the last dubiously according to Caroline Fukushima and Rogério Bertani in 2017. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842 under the name Mygale laeta.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Puerto Rican Pinktoe Tarantula being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Iridopelma hirsutum
- Tapinauchenius plumipes
- Psalmopoeus cambridgei
- Psalmopoeus reduncus
- Avicularia purpurea
- Amazonius germani
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Caribena
- Species
- Caribena laeta
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